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News Brief August 2016 Volume 17, Issue 8 Lest We Forget ―The USSVI Submariner’s Creed‖ To perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of their duties while serving their country. That their dedication, deeds, and supreme sacrifice be a constant source of motivation toward greater accomplishments. Pledge loyalty and patriotism to the United States of America and its Constitution. Inside This Issue: Meeting minutes 2 Lost Boats 3 SubFest Thank You 3 Boats to retire, maybe 5 HMS Ambush oops! 6 Unmanned sub technology 7 Contact information 9 Application form 10 1. Next Meeting: At 1100, third Saturday of each month at the Knollwood Sportsman’s Club. Mark your calendars for these upcoming dates: a. AUGUST 20 b. SEPTEMBER 17 c. OCTOBER 15 2. Duty Cook Roster: a. AUGUST TED ROTZOLL b. SEPTEMBER LARRY WARNKE c. OCTOBER SEE YOUR NAME HERE! 3. August Birthdays: Dick Anderson 4 th ; John Manasse 5 th ; Eric Clauson 6 th ; Russ Rutowski 9 th ; John McClellan 14 th , and Frank Walter 25 th . Happy Birthday, Shipmates! 4. Watch this newsletter for an announcement of a wonderful, two-part presentation on the foresight and impact of Hyman G. Rickover. Great Lakes Base Historian John Lindstedt has created an overview of the admiral’s life and impact on national security, manufacturing, and engineering. 5. Greetings Submarine Lovers; Once again our beloved submarine, USS Cobia, is in need of some well-deserved maintenance. A working part is forming to give the boat some TLC from September 11-14. Come when you can; leave when you must.. See article on page 7 for details and to sign-up.

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  • News Brief

    August 2016 Volume 17, Issue 8

    Lest We Forget — ―The USSVI Submariner’s Creed‖

    To perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of their duties while serving their country. That their dedication, deeds, and supreme sacrifice be a constant source of motivation toward greater accomplishments. Pledge loyalty and patriotism to the United States of America and its Constitution.

    Inside This Issue: Meeting minutes 2

    Lost Boats 3

    SubFest Thank You 3

    Boats to retire, maybe 5

    HMS Ambush oops! 6

    Unmanned sub technology 7

    Contact information 9

    Application form 10

    1. Next Meeting: At 1100, third Saturday of each month at the Knollwood Sportsman’s Club. Mark your calendars for these upcoming dates:

    a. AUGUST 20 b. SEPTEMBER 17 c. OCTOBER 15

    2. Duty Cook Roster:

    a. AUGUST – TED ROTZOLL b. SEPTEMBER – LARRY WARNKE c. OCTOBER – SEE YOUR NAME HERE!

    3. August Birthdays: Dick Anderson 4th; John Manasse 5th; Eric Clauson 6th; Russ Rutowski 9th; John McClellan 14th, and Frank Walter 25th. Happy Birthday, Shipmates!

    4. Watch this newsletter for an announcement of a wonderful, two-part presentation on the foresight and impact of Hyman G. Rickover. Great Lakes Base Historian John Lindstedt has created an overview of the admiral’s life and impact on national security, manufacturing, and engineering.

    5. Greetings Submarine Lovers; Once again our beloved submarine, USS Cobia, is in need of some well-deserved maintenance. A working part is forming to give the boat some TLC from September 11-14. Come when you can; leave when you must.. See article on page 7 for details and to sign-up.

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    Crash Dive Meeting Minutes

    July 16, 2016

    1. Attendees: a. Larry Warnke b. Herman Mueller c. Ray Ratliff d. Chris Gaines e. Greg Miller f. Peter Stevenson

    2. Meeting was called to order by Greg Miller at 1108 followed by the Pledge of Allegiance, invocation, and a round of introductions.

    3. Secretary’s Report was given by Chris Gaines. Larry Warnke moved to accept; Herman Mueller seconded; vote was unanimous.

    4. Treasurer’s Report given by Chris

    Gaines. Savings $1,173.69;

    Checking $ 4,027.40; Sub

    Memorial Checking $55,827.89,

    Savings $5.00 and held by

    national $41,290.00. Ray Ratliff

    moved to accept; Herman

    Mueller seconded; vote was

    unanimous.

    5. Committee Reports a. Newsletter – no news. b. Membership – no news. c. Charitable Service – Ready to

    deliver to USO. d. Community Outreach –

    SubFest was a big success. Raised $438 (Greg gave $413 to Chris Gaines; Clay has $25 in his possession); Chicago Base collected about $818

    more. WMM’s Karen Duvalle sent a letter of thanks for our support, especially on the boat. Estimate 2,000 wrist bands issued to attendees; that is double last year. Next year is in the early planning stage. Tentatively scheduled for the weekend after July 4, 2017.

    e. Hospitality – Corn Roast August 27. Larry Warnke has tickets. Terrific food; live band; kid’s activities. Great family fun.

    f. Webmaster – no news. g. Storekeeper – no news. h. Procedures – SoP 1-5 are

    ready for signature and implementation.

    i. Eagle Scout – no news. j. Memorial – no news.

    6. Old (Unfinished) Business a. Greg and Clay encourage all to

    join WMM; Chris Gaines to post on newsletter Page 1.

    7. New Business a. NOTE: Slim turnout partly

    attributable to SubFest. b. Chris Gaines mentioned the

    WWII picnic on August 13 and encouraged attendance.

    c. Greg noted that we are considering setting up a table at the Kane County Flea Market. SubFest experience demonstrated that sales and donations go much better with vests and ball caps. Probably not a garage sale but more of a donation event. May sell SK baskets; Chris

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    Gaines and Greg Miller to find out about rules (can we have our klaxon, discounted fee for non-profit, location on grounds, etc.).

    8. Good of the Order item: a. Thanks to Chris Gaines for a

    nice summer salad lunch. b. Chris Gaines mentioned the

    national convention. c. Chris Gaines mentioned voting

    in the national election. d. Duty Cook

    i. August – Ted Rotzoll. ii. September – Larry Warnke.

    iii. October – SEE your name here.

    e. Next Meeting is August 20, 2016 at KSC.

    9. Adjourn – Ray Ratliff moved to adjourn; Herman Mueller seconded; Adjourned at 1141.

    Lost Boats

    USS BULLHEAD SS 332 8/6/45

    USS FLIER SS 250 8/13/44

    USS S-39 SS 144 8/14/42

    USS HARDER SS 257 8/24/44

    USS COCHINO SS 345 8/26/49

    USS POMPANO SS 181 8/29/43

    SubFest Thank You

    I hope you all had a great time at Subfest last weekend! I can’t thank you all enough for helping out on the boat! We still don’t have official numbers, because the staff is suffering from a Subfest “hangover”, but based on the wristband count we had at least 2,000 people go through

    the museum in 3 days!! That’s double the amount of people from last year! That is amazing! Subfest year two was bigger and better and we’ve received so many positive comments from sub vets, visitors, and locals. Looks like there will be a year 3! If this was your first time volunteering (officially) please send me your contact information. We keep track of all volunteer hours. Even if it’s only one weekend a year, everyone’s volunteer hours add up and can be used for grants and donations. Thanks again and I hope you all had a great time last weekend. COBette Karen Duvalle Submarine Curator/Retail Manager Wisconsin Maritime Museum

    Enjoy more SubFest 2016 pictures by

    shipmate Peter Stephenson here: https://goo.gl/photos/eZ6BzhQvTLSYSDi47

    https://goo.gl/photos/eZ6BzhQvTLSYSDi47

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    Supercavitation

    promises airplane

    speeds--under the sea.

    By Kyle Mizokami Jun 28, 2016

    Researchers at Penn State are working to enclose the submarines of the future in a bubble of gas, allowing them to achieve top speeds faster than what is possible while moving through regular water. If successful, it could mean submarines capable of speeds of up to hundreds of miles per hour. As submarines and torpedoes travel through seawater they are naturally at the mercy of physics, and objects traveling through sea travel encounter much more drag than objects traveling through air. The end result is that the practical speed limit of submarines is somewhere around 30 to 40 knots. Even with nuclear propulsion, that's about the best many military submarines can do. But what if it were possible to enclose a submarine in a gas as it travels through liquid? That's the principle behind supercavitation. There is a precedent: the Russian VA-111 Shkval torpedo. Developed in the 1970s, Shkval is equipped with a bubble generator in the nose that envelops the torpedo in a gas membrane while a solid rocket fuel engine provides thrust. The Shkval is capable of speeds in excess of

    200 knots—up to five times faster than conventional torpedoes.

    Scientists at Penn State are currently trying to understand so-called "pulsation"—the continuous cycle of shrinkage and expansion of a gas bubble around an object that occurs during supercavitation. Pulsation creates an inconsistent bubble unsuitable for travel, but before they can tame pulsation, the scientists need to understand how it works. Pulsation is difficult to create under laboratory conditions, but researchers at Penn State have managed to pull it off. Supercavitating submarines wouldn't be perfect. Ultimately submarines are stealthy killers, relying on their ability to remain undetected. Maintaining a giant gas bubble would be very noisy, making the submarine easy to locate. A compromise might be a submarine that can sprint from its base at, say San Diego by supercavitation, and then switch to slow-and-stealthy mode once it gets to a patrol zone in the western Pacific. Another thing about supercavitating submarines: if they, like Shkval, used rocket motors for thrust the subs would generate tremendous amounts of pollution, dumping rocket exhaust directly into the oceans. Not the most eco-friendly propulsion system, but seriously impressive if it can be made to work. Source: Penn State via Popular Science

    http://www.popularmechanics.com/author/14085/kyle-mizokami/http://www.popsci.com/researchers-improve-superfast-bubbles-for-submarineshttp://www.popsci.com/researchers-improve-superfast-bubbles-for-submarineshttp://www.popsci.com/researchers-improve-superfast-bubbles-for-submarineshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_%28physics%29https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercavitationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VA-111_Shkvalhttp://news.psu.edu/story/414720/2016/06/16/research/innovative-approach-makes-smoother-ridehttp://news.psu.edu/story/414720/2016/06/16/research/innovative-approach-makes-smoother-ridehttp://www.popsci.com/researchers-improve-superfast-bubbles-for-submarineshttp://www.popsci.com/researchers-improve-superfast-bubbles-for-submarineshttp://www.popsci.com/researchers-improve-superfast-bubbles-for-submarines

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    2016 Election Results

    and Stats Shipmates, The 2016 Election Results along with the Base, District and Regional voting stats are now posted on the USSVI website under Documents/ Organization on pages 2 and 3. Voter turnout Nationally was about 14% with one Region only doing 5.6%. We need to do better than this in the next election cycle. I would like to thank those members who took the time and interest in USSVI by voting in this years election. BZ to all that voted! Pride Runs Deep, Al Singleman, Jr. NC

    Navy Schedules 12

    Submarines for

    Retirement, But Will

    Some Serve Longer? Richard R. Burgess, Seapower Magazine, July 20

    ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy‟s shipbuilding plan lists several attack submarines (SSNs) for retirement over the next five years, but the service is considering squeezing more life out of Los Angeles-class SSNs, including by extending their deployments before their inactivation.

    The Navy‟s “Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels for Fiscal Year 2016” notes the planned retirement of 12 Los Angeles SSNS from 2017 through 2021. The SSNs slated for inactivation are USS Dallas, San Francisco and Buffalo in 2017; USS Jacksonville in 2018; USS Bremerton and Pittsburgh in 2019; USS Olympia, Louisville

    and Helena in 2020; and USS Providence, Oklahoma City and San Juan in 2021. All will be dismantled except for San Francisco, which will be converted to a moored training ship.

    The Navy is exploring ways to mitigate the coming shortage of SSNs available to meet the operational demands of regional combatant commanders. The shortage will bottom out at 41 in the late 2020s, well below the current requirement of 48 and the current level of 53 SSNs.

    “We were building as many as six submarines per year during the „70s and „80s and those submarines are now reaching the end of their life and will be retired,” Rear Adm. Michael Jabaley, program executive officer for submarines, said July 8 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank. “We‟re building all the Virginias [SSNs] that we can right now in the budget environment but, at two per year, you‟re not maintaining inventory.”

    Jabaley said the Navy was looking at selected extension of deployments beyond six months and selected life extensions of Los Angeles-class SSNS submarines as they reach the end of their life as ways to mitigate the shortage.

    “As every submarine in the fleet nears the end of its life, at about the five- or six-year point [before scheduled inactivation], we extrapolate the use of fuel in the reactor core and start doing a material condition assessment on the status on the ship‟s hull itself — the tanks, the pressure hull, the superstructure in the sail — and make sure that we understand what would have to be done to that ship in order to extend its life,” Jabaley testified July 14 before the House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee on Capitol Hill.

    “We also look at the deployment schedule of that ship, because there are some times when the final deployment, as compared to the decommissioning date, will leave about a year or a year and a half of [of life remaining.] So maybe you would only need to extend [its life] four or five months

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    and then you could get another full six-month deployment out of it before decommissioning,” he said.

    With an analysis of safety considerations, cost/benefit and maintenance required during a submarine‟s last availability, the Navy can make a decision about a life extension.

    Extending nominal six-month deployments to seven or eight months has been done, which also has a counterproductive effect, Jabaley said.

    “On deployment, you are underway upward of 85 percent of the time, so you are expending more fuel, [which] has a direct impact on the ability to extend late in life,” he said.

    Jabaley stressed that the life extensions and deployment extensions can support the peacetime presence requirements of combatant commanders but only minimally support a surge capability in times of crisis or war.

    Understanding!!! Author unknown

    When you understand...

    When the hatch closes over your head,

    the OOD says last man down and the

    COW says green board, you

    understand the meaning of adventure.

    When the only thing between you and

    millions of gallons of seawater is a steel

    hull and some closed valves, you

    understand the meaning of courage.

    When sonar calls out to the conn high

    speed screws in the water in hostile

    waters, you understand the meaning of

    fear.

    When the messenger passes out the

    only family grams the satellite could

    catch and yours isn't one, you learn the

    meaning of loneliness.

    When hissing water in the overhead

    turns from a slight annoyance to a

    terrifying rushing cascade bouncing off

    the hull and equipment, you

    understand the meaning of survival.

    When you hear the quick sound that a

    curtain makes on your rack that

    indicates your watch is about to begin,

    you understand the meaning of

    irritation.

    When you see a shipmate stand at

    attention while the Captain pins on the

    fish he worked so hard to earn, you

    understand the meaning of pride.

    When you retire and they pipe you

    over the side for the very last time, you

    learn the meaning of great sadness.

    When your eyes grow dim and your

    strength ebbs with age, you

    understand the meaning of envy every

    time you see a submarine getting

    underway.

    When a shipmate from a time so long

    ago passes on and people say so many

    things they wish they had said before

    they departed, you understand regret.

    U.K. Nuclear Submarine HMS Ambush Collides With Merchant Vessel

    Sam LaGrone, U.S. Naval Institute News, July 20

    A U.K. Astute-class nuclear attack

    submarine struck a merchant vessel near

    Gibraltar on Wednesday at about 1:30

    P.M. local time, the Royal Navy said in a

    statement.

    HMS Ambush was submerged

    when it, “was involved in a glancing

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    collision with a merchant vessel off the

    coast of Gibraltar,” read the statement.

    “We are in contact with the

    merchant vessel and initial indications

    are that it has not sustained damage.”

    Ambush suffered external damage

    but the boats nuclear plant was not

    affected and no sailors were injured.

    The 7,400-ton attack boat

    returned to a British base in Gibraltar for

    additional examination and an

    investigation is underway.

    From pictures published with the

    Gibraltar Chronicle, the front of Ambush

    sail had been crumpled near the top

    from when the boat was attempting to

    surface and struck a tanker, according to

    the paper.

    The submarine had been

    operating from Gibraltar, a contested

    British territory at the southern tip of

    Spain, since late June. Nuclear submarine

    operations from the tiny enclave of

    30,000 have met with protests from

    both residents and Spanish citizens

    concerned with the boats’ nuclear

    reactors.

    The Royal Navy has suffered

    other instances of damage with their

    attack submarines.

    In 2015, the sail of Royal Navy

    Trafalgar-class attack boat HMS Talent

    was damaged after the submarine struck

    ice shadowing a Russian Navy ship. In

    2010, HMS Astute was grounded off the

    Isle of Skye shortly after being

    commissioned.

    Greetings Submarine Lovers Once again our beloved submarine, USS Cobia, is in need of some well-deserved maintenance. The main deck aft is showing serious signs of wear and needs to be returned to "submarine black." Rags, rollers, wire brushes, scrub brushes, and other

    implements of destruction and many hands are needed to get the job done.

    Scheduled dates for the project are arrival Sunday, September 11. Monday and Tuesday, September 12 and 13, are work days, securing September 14. There are many other projects besides the deck which need to be done so if painting isn't your thing, feel free to volunteer anyway. Civilian volunteers are always welcome.

    The museum has graciously offered overnight accommodations on the boat or in the museum building gratis. There are also many fine hotels in the area for a comfortable stay. Local restaurants and fine chocolates are nearby. Suffering is optional.

    If you enjoy the company of submariners (and who doesn't), care about the boat, or are just looking for a way to get away for a couple days, feel free to join the party. Just drop me a note. If you have any questions, I'll try to answer them. Hoping to see you in Manitowoc. Greg Miller (See Greg’s contact info on page 9. Ed.)

    In Middletown, the U.S. Navy's future in a world of

    unmanned subs and aircraft Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal, 18

    August

    MIDDLETOWN, R.I. – Call it the Detroit Auto Show of naval technology.

    For three days this week, defense contractors, academics and the Navy's own research and development outfit, the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, showed off future maritime technology that is being developed today.

    Two drone submarines - unmanned underwater vehicles - maneuvered around Stillwater Basin in Narragansett Bay, while visiting dignitaries observed from a nearby pier.

    "This is exciting stuff," said U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, who predicted, "Mark my words, this will be the Oceans Century."

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    As sea levels are predicted to rise as a result of global warming, Whitehouse said, the strategic importance of the world's oceans will climb. That will bring environmental issues, strategic concerns and economic and strategic opportunities to the forefront, he said.

    Meanwhile, in the background, Ocean Aero's Submaran plied the waters of the basin, an area also being patrolled by Lockheed Martin's Marlin. The two autonomous vehicles were given a predefined area in which to operate and shared the space together.

    The Submaran is designed primarily for surface operations, where it can be driven by a solar-powered motor or a vertical wing-like sail. The craft, which is about the size and shape of a kayak, can automatically stow the sail and flood its body with seawater when it needs to slip beneath the surface out of sight.

    The Marlin, which looks more like a conventional submarine, though about as long as the Submaran, primarily operates below the waves, though it can surface to launch a drone airplane.

    The cooperation of the two craft in the basin was one focus of the three-day event, called the Annual Naval Technology Exercise.

    Several of the demonstrations included so-called cross-domain collaboration, where manned or unmanned vehicles under the sea, on the surface, in the air or even in space work together to carry out missions.

    One such demonstration involved a Blackwing, the Navy version of the Switchblade drone airplane already used by the Army. The barely visible black plane, only a couple of feet long, soared above the bay relaying intelligence information being gathered by two submarine drones to a submarine simulator on the campus of the undersea warfare center.

    Latest naval technology includes Blackwing drones

    Julia Bergman, The Day, August 18

    NEWPORT — Some of the latest innovations in undersea technology were on display here Thursday, including an unmanned aerial vehicle that can be launched into the air from a submarine or from unmanned underwater vehicle.

    The Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport on Thursday wrapped up its second annual naval technology exercise, which brings together representatives from industry, academia and the Navy’s laboratories.

    Demonstrated technologies ranged from cutting-edge research to products that have already been acquired by the Navy.

    Take the Blackwing, a 20-inch-long, 4-pound unmanned aircraft that folds up into a 3-inch-wide canister. Once the canister is launched from a submarine, for example, and hits the surface, the Blackwing comes out and opens its wings. Its flight time is about an hour.

    The Navy is set to acquire 150 Blackwings to be used on its attack and guided missile submarines and unmanned underwater vehicles.

    Developed by AeroVironment, the Blackwing is designed primarily for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

    The Blackwing embodies what Navy officials mean when they talk about developing “longer arms” for submarines to increase their capabilities.

    “The submarine force has wanted flying-periscope capability, if you want to think about it that way, for a long time,” Jeffrey G Morrison, a program officer with the Office of Naval Research, said.

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    The Navy will begin installing the software on submarines in the 2019 time frame, and every submarine from that point on will have it “as part of its baseline, so they can use it when they need to,” Morrison said.

    The technology was derived from the Switchblade, which AeroVironment officials call “a weapons system.” The Switchblade, which is designed to take out small targets without causing a lot of collateral damage, is being used by the Army and Marine Corps. About 1,500 Switchblades have been produced.

    There are various possibilities for how the technology could be used in the future.

    The Senate’s version of the 2017 defense budget includes $127 million for undersea warfare technologies, U.S. Sen. Murphy, D-Conn., noted in addressing Thursday’s crowd. That’s $7 million more than what President Barack Obama requested in his budget.

    The Senate and House, which are in recess, still need to work out the differences between their two defense bills and vote on a finalized version.

    Murphy cited two recent experiences that underscore the relevance of the technology being shown Thursday.

    On a trip aboard the USS Hartford to the Arctic this spring, Murphy “saw firsthand all of the new capabilities that we will need as we head into a decade, as we head into a quarter century in which the Arctic is going to be up for grabs, in which there is going to be more navigation.”

    Earlier in the summer, Murphy went on a congressional visit to Asia, where he talked “nonstop” with officials in Japan, the Philippines and Korea about “the activity of the Chinese to try to build and take control of enough territory in the South China Sea, to be able to cast a detection net for U.S. submarines that is unprecedented.”

    “As our adversaries and our competitors .... rapidly advance their technologies to try and catch up with us, it provides a mandate for us to get much better not only in our means to figure out what they’re doing as they try to exert more control over places like the South China and East China Sea but also our ability to be able to conduct our activities and missions that we have become accustomed to,” Murphy said.

    Crash Dive Base Contact Information Commander – Clayton Hill, 195 Clover Lane, Cedarburg, WI 53012; 262-377-5332 (work number) or [email protected] Vice-Commander – Greg Miller, 964 Fischer Drive, Addison, IL; (630)543-7855 or [email protected] Secretary (POC) – Chris Gaines, 513 West Downer Place, Aurora, IL 60506; 630-892-5718 or [email protected] Treasurer – Glenn C. Barts, Sr., 2000 Jamestown Drive, Palatine, IL 60074; 847-934-7418; [email protected] COB – Larry Warnke, [email protected] Chaplain – Cris Pascual; [email protected]; 285 Southridge, Gurnee, IL 60031; 847-855-0772 Membership – Tom Polzin, 12463 Foxtail Lane, Huntley, IL 60142; (v) 847-867-8668; (f) 847-669-2444; [email protected] Storekeeper – Herman Mueller, 503 Lynn Terrace, Waukegan, IL 60085; 847-445-5034; [email protected] Newsletter Editor – Chris Gaines Base Historian – Frank Voznak, Jr. 9 South 255 Madison, Burr Ridge, IL. 60527; 630 986-0175 [email protected]

    mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]

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    APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP Regular Life Associate OUR CREED: “To perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of their duties while

    serving their country. That their dedication, deeds and supreme sacrifice be a constant source of motivation toward greater

    accomplishments. Pledge loyalty and patriotism to the United States of America & its Constitution.”

    With my signature below I affirm that I subscribe to the Creed of the United States Submarine Veterans, Inc., and agree to abide by the Constitution, all Bylaws, Regulations and

    Procedures governing the U.S. Submarine Veterans, Inc., so long as they do not conflict with my military or civil obligations. I will furnish proof of my eligibility for Regular

    membership, including my discharge under honorable conditions, and proof of my U.S. Navy (SS) Designation, if required by the Base or the national Membership Chairman. If I am not

    discharged, the discharge requirement is waived. If I am not U.S. N. submarine qualified, I am applying as an Associate and my sponsor is indicated below.

    □ I certify that I was designated qualified in USN Submarines aboard ______________________ in _________ (Yr) (Honorary designations regardless of source do not apply under any circumstances.)

    □ I certify that I received a discharge under Honorable Conditions (if not currently in military service) in _______ (Yr)

    Name: (Print /Type)___________________________________ Address: ____________________________________

    City: _________________________ State: ____ Zip Code: _______-______ Tel: (______) ______-__________

    Signature: ____________________________________________________ Date: ______/______/________

    Your E-Mail Address ________________________________ Base/Chapter Desired: ___________________

    The Member Dues year runs from Jan 1st

    thru Dec 31st

    . Please indicate your term preference: ______________________

    Nat’l Dues: 5 Yr term: $115.00; 3 Yr term: $70.00; 1 yr term (Jan thru Sep) $25.00; (Oct thru Dec adds the next yr): $30.00;

    Nat’l Life: 76+ yrs = $100.00; 66 thru 75 yrs = $200; 56 thru 65 yrs = $300.00; 46 thru 55 = $400.00; Thru 45 yrs = $ 500.00;

    Local Base/chapter dues are separate and additional. Crash Dive Base dues are $15 annually.

    How did you find USSVI? □ Friend, □ Boat Assn, □ Local Event/News, □ Internet, □ Other (________________)

    YOUR U.S. NAVY BIOGRAPHICAL DATA

    Date Of Birth (MM/DD/YY) ____/____/____ If other military service, What Branch? __________

    Highest Rate & Rank Attained: _____________ Mil Retired (Y/N): _____ On Active Duty? (Y/N): ____

    YR entered Mil Service: ______ YR left Mil Service _____ (Active/Inactive reserve time also counts.)

    □ Check here if your Military Service falls within these time periods: Dec 7, 1941, thru Dec 31, 1946; June 27, 1950, thru Jan 31, 1955; Aug 5, 1964, thru May 7,1975; and Aug 2, 1990 to date.

    □ Check here if you have been awarded an Expeditionary Medal

    Submarines and ships served aboard as ship’s company (Use back if you need more space.)

    1. ___________________________ Hull#______________ From Yr.____ to Yr. _____

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    3. ___________________________ Hull#______________ From Yr.____ to Yr. _____

    4. ___________________________ Hull#______________ From Yr._____ to Yr. _____

    5. ___________________________ Hull#______________ From Yr._____ to Yr. _____

    Next of Kin: Name: ________________________________ Relationship: ________ (Spouse, Partner, Son, Dau, Parent, Other)

    Addr:________________________ City: ___________________ State: ___ Zip: _________ Tel: _______________________

    (Leave this address line blank if the same as your home address)

    Upon completion, give this form, including your National and Base membership DUES to the appropriate base officer, or mail to:

    Crash Dive Membership Chairman Tom Polzin, 12463 Foxtail Ln, Huntley, IL 60142; Cell 847/867-8668 Fax 847/669-2444